I started out my career as a young Artist, still in middle school, going to an after school program called 901 Arts. The connections I made at 901 Arts allowed me to apply for several scholarships to cover art programs I was interested in. I was able to take fundamental drawing, expressional drawing, pottery, and photography classes at local Universities, Towson and the Maryland Institute of College and Art. The scholarships also allowed me to go to an art and film focused summer program, Steven Yeager's Young Film Makers Workshop.
Recorder
Recorder gestures toward the ephemerality of information by recording audio into sand.
Medium: Sand, acrylic, electronics including speaker and mic.
Year: 2017
Details: ~18 x 24 x 6"
Wander/Wonder
Wander/Wonder consists of two separate but connected experiences: Wander, a walkable virtual street map of Baltimore City with all buildings removed except for psychic reader storefronts, and Wonder, a zero-gravity digital astral plane experienced as a virtual reality (VR) environment.
As an interactant flies through the Wonder side via VR headset, the Wander side is projected on screen for spectators to view. The interactant uses a crystal ball to navigate both environments simultaneously - guiding the experiences of spectators in Wander while fully immersed in the VR environment of Wonder.
As an interactant flies through the Wonder side via VR headset, the Wander side is projected on screen for spectators to view. The interactant uses a crystal ball to navigate both environments simultaneously - guiding the experiences of spectators in Wander while fully immersed in the VR environment of Wonder.
Medium: virtual reality and immersive projection
Year: 2018
Details: Room-scale installation